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Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings. - William Cullen Bryant Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note; Braggarts and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat. - William Cullen Bryant, Robert of Lincoln Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders and white his crest. - William Cullen Bryant, Robert of Lincoln One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak, I heard five bobolinks laughing together, Over some ornithological joke. - Christopher Pearce Cranch, Bird Language When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on, She gave a rippling laugh and out There flew a Bobolinkon. - Christopher Pearce Cranch, The Bobolinks Bobolink! that in the meadow, Or beneath the orchard's shadow, Keepest up a constant rattle joyous as my children's prattle, Welcome to the north again. - Thomas Hill The crack-brained bobolink courts his crazy mate, Poised on a bulrush tipsy with his weight. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Spring Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bloom The apple-tree whispers to the room, "Why art thou but a nest of gloom While the bobolinks are singing?" - William Dean Howells, The Bobolinks are Singing
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